Wagon-body raiser.



No. 807,778. PATENTED DEC. 19, 1906- J. L. RENIOK.

WAGON BODY RAISER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2, 1905.

Attorneys.

JAMES L. RENICK, OF HARDYVILLE, KENTUCKY.

WAGON-BODY RAISER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 190 5.

Application filed May 2, 1905. Serial No. 258,494.

To all whom/ it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES L.RENIOK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hardyville, in the county of Hart and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Wagon- Body Raiser, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wagon body raisers.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and thoroughly efficient device for this purpose in the operation of which either end of the body may be raised or lowered to the exclusion of the other, in which the body will be positively held in elevated position and in which both raising or lowering thereof may be effected with readiness and ease.

With the above and other objects in View, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of a Wagon-body raiser, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is aview in perspective 6X hibiting the manner in which the device of the present invention is positioned when employed in raising or lowering a wagon-body. Fig. 2 is a perspective detail view of the device. Fig. 3 is a view in vertical longitudinal section through the device.

The device of the present invention is an improvement on a hanger for quilting-frames for which Letters Patent in the United States were granted me April 18, 1905, No. 787,790, and embodies a support comprising an attaching-plate 1 and a hanger 2, and these parts may be either integral or, as shown, secured together by providing the hanger with an outturned flange 3, secured to the attaching-plate by rivets 4. The attaching-plate is provided with a plurality of orifices 5, through which are passed suitable fastening devices, such as bolts or nails, for securing it in position to the ceiling or joists of a room. The hanger is provided with a base portion 6 and with an angular offset 7, these parts by preference being integral with the hanger. The base is provided with a series of slots 8 in this instance two-presenting thereby a spacing-bar 9, which operates to prevent the leads of the hoistin rope or chain 10 from interfering with eac other in the operation of the device. The offset has combined with its upper end by hinge-joints 1 1 a pair of locking-dogs 12, the free end of each of which is provided with a semicircular recess 13, the walls of which are serrated, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. By reason of the angular disposition of the offset 7 the normal tendency of the dogs are to be out of the path of movement of the rope or lifting element 10, and, further, when the dogs are released from the rope in the manner that will presently be described they will automatically assume the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 8, thus to free them from engagement with the rope.

Secured transversely to the hanger 2 at a point intermediate of its length is a head block 1 1, which carries at its front side a keeper or loop 15, that operates to confine the hoisting-rope in acontracted space and also prevents any lateral movement of I rope beyond the sides of the keeper. The keeper projects below the under side of the head-block and forms a stop to limit the outward movement of a pair of tension devices 17in this instance two-corresponding to the number of leads of the hoisting-rope, the lower ends of the devices being secured to the hanger by rivets 18. vices are formed from strips of flat spring metal and coact with the locking-dogs in preventing the leads of the rope from slipping until the dogs have moved upward a sufiicient distance to bite or bind into the rope between them and the under side of the head-block, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The tension devices are made resilient in order to prevent any tendency on the part of the serrations or teeth of the dogs to cut the rope, as it will be seen that theywill gradually yield to pressure as the dogs move upwardly.

Depending from the under side of the attaching-plate and adjacent to the sides thereof are two sheaves 19 and 20, which are carried by yokes 21, swiveled to the attachingplate, thus to allow them to swing automatically to adjust themselves to the different angles assumed by the hoisting-rope in use.

In the use of the device the attaching-plate is secured to a joist J of the ceiling of a barn or room in which the apparatus is to be used, and to two adjacent joists are suspended the Thesetensieade sheaves 22 and 23 in such manner as to p er= mit them to have rotary movement as well as swinglng movements to accommodate themselves to the movements of the rope. In comother end of the wagon.

around the other sheave 23, and its free end.

is secured to a ring or eyebolt 25, secured in the joist adjacent the sheave 23. Combined with the two loops 26 of the rope thus formed are two sheaves 27, each carrying a yoke 28, with which is connected a bar 29, and each bar has at each end a hook 30, which is adapted to be engaged with the cross-rods usually supplied at the two ends of a farm-wagon body or with any other part thereof. When a wagon-body is to be hoisted, the hooks 30 are suitably engaged with apart of the wagonbody, and one lead of the rope is drawn down until that end of the body is raised at the desired height, whereupon the operator moves the rope into engagement with one of the dogs, and by permitting the rope to slacken the dog will be moved upward, causing the rope to be clamped between it and the keeper. The same procedure is observed in lifting the When it is desired to lower the wagon-body, downdraft is ap plied to the rope, whereupon the dogs drop out of engagement therewith, and by keeping the leads of the rope away from the ends of the dogs they will be free to pass through thaslots 8, and thus permit the body to assume its-normal position.

The improvements herein described are simple in character and maybe readily adapted for use in connection with any kind of a building.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed-is- 1. A wagon-body raiser comprising a rope, a pair of bars combined therewith and having wagon body engaging means associated therewith, and means for locking the rope against movement embodying a hanger carrying resilient tension-devices, a head-block, and locking-dogs coacting with the headblock to hold the ropein its adjusted position.

2. Awagon-bodyraisercomprisingahanger provided with a pair of swiveled sheaves and with pivoted dogs below the sheaves, a headblock carried by the hanger and including a keeper, resilient tension devices having their free ends in engagement with the keeper, a hoisting rope having its terminals passed through the keeper and over the sheaves and secured to a suitable overhead support, bars carrying wagon-body-engaging devices, and sheaves carried by the bars and engaging loops in the rope.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afliXed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES L. RENICK.

Witnesses: I

J. T. BRYANT, E. L. HARPER. 

